Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Harjawaldaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *waldaz (“ruler, authority”). Compare *Waldaharjaz, composed of the same elements but in the reverse order.

Proper noun

*Harjawaldaz m

1. a male given name

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Harjawaldaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Harjawaldaz
vocative	*Harjawald
accusative	*Harjawaldą
genitive	*Harjawaldas, *Harjawaldis
dative	*Harjawaldai
instrumental	*Harjawaldō

Descendants

• Old English: Hereweald
  • English: Harold
• Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᚹᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ (*harjawaldaʀ), *ᚺᚨᚱᛁᚹᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ (*hariwaldaʀ)
  • Old Norse: Haraldr
    • Icelandic: Haraldur
    • Faroese: Haraldur
    • Norwegian: Harald, Hareld
    • Swedish: Harald
    • Danish: Harald
    • → German: Harald
    • → Estonian: Harald
    • → Latvian: Haralds
• → Finnish: Harjavalta
• → Latin: Chariovalda (Attested by Tacitus)
• Suevic or Gothic:
  • → Latin: Arvaldus
    • Galician: Albarde (place name)
• From an unknown later Germanic language:
  • → Latin: Haroldus
    • Italian: Araldo
    • French: Hérault